Of annual volumes of various kinds, all interesting and useful
in their way, we have to mention the following :-Lodge's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage of the British Empire (Kelly's Directories, 31s. 6d.), now published for the seventy-fourth time. Its first appearance was ten years before the accession of Queen Victoria. Since then the book has grown and developed in many ways. A recent change has been to give the same particulars about the families of Baronets as about the families of Peers. This is logical. Hereditary honours carry with them a certain distinc- tion to the kindred of those who hold them.-The Church Direc- tory and Almanac (Nisbet and Co., 2s. net) gives the information, statistical and other, which it supplies in a very accessible shape and at a very moderate price. Other matters of current interest have been added.-The Public Schools Year-Book (Swan Sonnen- schein and Co., 2s. 6d.) is in its sixteenth year. It gives details of public schools, grammar schools, &c. Admission to the list is limited, as a rule, to "such Public Schools as are connected with the Headmasters' Conference." We acknowledge the difficulty of devising an effective test. But we doubt whether this is quite defensible. King Edward and Queen Elizabeth Foundations have a certain right to be included.-The New Zealand Official Year-Book (Eyre and Spottiswoode) is full of interest. The Colony is bold in experiment, and it will repay any observer who may care to note the results.-Clubs. Edited by E. C. Austen- Leigh, M.A. (Spottiswoode and Co. 3s. 6d.)-Three thousand and ninety-seven clubs are mentioned, of which 1,141 are golf clubs.
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